Olarm vs Gate Keeper Communicator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Olarm
Control and manage your home alarm system directly from your smartphone. This app allows you to arm, disarm, and monitor your system in real-time, receive notifications, and manage users. It also offers features like silent panic and gate control.
- Arm, Disarm, Sleep, Stay modes
- Arming reminders
- Real-time zone activity log
- Silent Panic
- Cancel Responder
- User management
- Gate and light control
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This is the companion app to the Olarm device. Plug and play into your existing home alarm system and you can control and manage your home alarm system from your phone. Please visit our website for more information. Features: - Set your alarm system to Arm, Disarm, Sleep or Stay - Set reminders to arm your system - Real-time zone activity log and notifications - Silent Panic - Cancel Responder - User management - Monitor electric fence - Control gates and lights
Gate Keeper Communicator
Manage visitor access and receive real-time notifications for your community or office. Residents can create visitor appointments and report incidents directly through the app after registering on the web portal.
- Visitor notifications
- Create visitor appointments
- Report incidents
- Resident account registration
- Access controlled community management
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Gate Keeper is a Visitor Management solution that is used by various access controlled communities and business office parks. The Communicator application forms part of the Gate Keeper suite and enables residents to receive visitor and general notifications. You get a notification once somebody has signed in for your address. Additionally residents and tenants can create appointments for their visitors and report incidents on Gate Keeper. "Gate Keeper Communicator" let the resident become a part of the solution. To start, the residents need to register an account in the Gate Keeper web portal. Once the account has been approved by the Estate Administrator, the resident will be able to add his/her account credentials in the Communicator application. Special mentions to: - Alamofire/Alamofire - evgenyneu/keychain-swift - icons8.com - soundable.com Kind regards, Pieter van Dyk
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Olarm at 54% against Gate Keeper Communicator's 14%. Olarm also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). Gate Keeper Communicator's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Olarm ships an update every 3 weeks, Gate Keeper Communicator every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | Gate Keeper Communicator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (32 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | Pieter van Dyk |
Customer experience
Olarm
Gate Keeper Communicator
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
Gate Keeper Communicator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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